[Bug 19519] New: [HTML] [Fetching] The spec needs to clarify that resources originating from elements whose owner documents lack a browsing context won't fetch

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=19519

          Priority: P2
            Bug ID: 19519
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org,
                    public-html@w3.org
          Assignee: erika.doyle@microsoft.com
           Summary: [HTML] [Fetching] The spec needs to clarify that
                    resources originating from elements whose owner
                    documents lack a browsing context won't fetch
        QA Contact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
          Severity: normal
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: All
          Reporter: rafaelw@chromium.org
          Hardware: PC
            Status: NEW
           Version: unspecified
         Component: HTML5 spec
           Product: HTML WG

e.g.

doc = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('');
doc.createElement('img').src = 'foo'; // won't cause a fetch of 'foo'.

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The behavior is consistent across webkit, gecko and IE (as of IE10).

For reference, the whatwg spec was recently updated with this language:

http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=7461&to=7462

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